LGBT rights in the 18th century

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This is a list of important events relating to the LGBT community from 1701 to 1800.

Events[]

1700s[]

1704[]

  • 12 December – The Province of New York adopted a statute issuing a general pardon for almost all pending prosecutions, including those for same-sex intercourse. They were abandoned as of that date.[1]

1710s[]

1714[]

  • 12 December – The Province of South Carolina adopts English common law and criminalizes buggery, punishing same-sex intercourse and zoophilia with the death penalty and forfeiture of property for males only.[2]

1715[]

  • Between 17 November and 19 January – The Province of North Carolina adopts English common law, thus criminalizing anal sex and bestiality with the death penalty.[3]

1718[]

1719[]

  • The Delaware Colony adopts English common law, thus punishing anal intercourse and bestiality with the death penalty.[6]

1720s[]

1729[]

1730s[]

1730[]

  • 8 July – The Province of New Jersey adopted a statute imposing a duty on those bringing into the colony people convicted various crimes, including sodomites.[8]

1740s[]

1746[]

  • 18 August – Frederick the Great of the Kingdom of Prussia suspended the death penalty for sodomy, recommending "Festungarbeit" (military labor) as an alternative punishment, as well as a visit from a preacher, to "make them understand the greatness and abomination of the vice they have committed".[9] (Frederick was himself both gay and agnostic.)

1770s[]

1776[]

  • The State of Connecticut retained all existing laws in force.[10]
  • 2 July – The New Jersey Constitution retained all existing laws in force.[8]
  • 14 October – The State of Maryland enacts English common law, thus criminalizing anal sex and zoophilia.[11]

1779[]

1780s[]

1782[]

  • June – The Vermont Republic adopted a statute that enacted only English common law, but also all statutes passed by English Parliament before 1 October 1760, thus criminalizing anal sex and bestiality in the Vermont Republic.[12]

1785[]

  • 20 December – The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania executes Joseph Ross for sodomy. This is the last person in the United States of America to be executed for sodomy.[4]

1789[]

1790s[]

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1791[]

1792[]

1793[]

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See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States New York
  2. ^ The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States South Carolina
  3. ^ The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States North Carolina
  4. ^ a b The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Pennsylvania
  5. ^ a b The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States
  6. ^ The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Delaware
  7. ^ a b The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Rhode Island
  8. ^ a b c d "New Jersey". The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States. Gay & Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  9. ^ Die Behördenorganisation und die allgemeine Staatsverwaltung Preussens im 18. Jahrhundert (in German). Verlag von Paul Parey. pp. 134–135.
  10. ^ The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Connecticut
  11. ^ The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Maryland
  12. ^ a b c The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Vermont
  13. ^ France glbtq
  14. ^ a b The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Virginia
  15. ^ Crompton, Louis (2009). Homosexuality and Civilization. Harvard University Press. p. 512. ISBN 9780674030060.
  16. ^ The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Indiana
  17. ^ The Construction of Homosexuality
  18. ^ The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Kentucky
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